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Mask

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Mask
Dimensions
Height: 47 cm
Width: 24 cm
Depth: 32 cm
Height: 43 cm
Width: 24 cm
Depth: 32 cm
Weight: 1,5 kg
Material/Technique
Operculum (Turbo petholatus), Wood, Rattan (Rotang, Rotan), Bark pulp , Plant fibre (banana), Pigment, Textile, Hair
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 1227

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1875
    where
    Melanesia
    Bismarck Archipelago
    Northern New Ireland
    Papua New Guinea
  • Collecting
    who
    Franz Hermann Strauch (1846-04-11 - 1928-08-12) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Access unknown, by Franz Hermann Strauch around 1876
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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